Tracy Chapman

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.